Parkinson Technologies Touts Recent Biaxial Orientation Film Developments with Ingeo(TM) Biopolymers from Natureworks, LLC
Company to Exhibit at 'Innovation Takes Root 2010' Conference, Dallas, TX,
April 13-15
Woonsocket, RI - Parkinson Technologies will tout its recent developments producing biaxially oriented film and sheet made with Ingeo(TM) biopolymers from NatureWorks LLC at the 'Innovation Takes Root 2010'conference, being held at the Four Seasons Resort & Club in Dallas, TX, April 13-15.
Parkinson's Marshall & Williams Plastics brand is listed on the NatureWorks web site as a preferred partner for providing machinery for producing biaxially oriented film made with Ingeo(TM) material. Parkinson has worked with NatureWorks as far back as 2002, when the company was still known as Cargill Dow.
"We have assisted NatureWorks with development trials over the years," said Ken Forziati, Business Development Manager at Parkinson Technologies. "Those trials have led to the development of guidelines for successfully processing Ingeo(TM) biopolymers on biaxial film lines."
As a result, says Forziati, many leading brand owners who are working with Ingeo(TM) biopolymers are using Marshall & Williams machinery. These companies are producing films that are being used in commercially available products such as snack food packaging, 'window film' for envelopes and food packaging for bread and pasta, cosmetics 'folding cartons', and other flexible packaging.
A Growing Trend
Since 2007, Parkinson has seen the number of biopolymer lab trials more than triple as companies pursue biax film development using Ingeo(TM) and other biopolymers.
"Not only have we seen a dramatic increase in lab trials for biopolymers, we have also seen an increase in sales for biopolymer-specific machinery," said Forziati. "What began mostly as interest in proving out biopolymer processing concepts has evolved into machinery inquiries and purchases for real-world commercial applications." Forziati went on to say that this may be indicative of a 'higher level of confidence' by processors that real markets exist for bioplastic products.
About Parkinson Technologies Inc.
Parkinson Technologies is an industry leader in the development, design and manufacturing of production-scale web processing machinery for the plastics, nonwovens, paper and specialty materials industries. Product brands include PARKINSON winders, DUSENBERY® converting systems, MARSHALL & WILLIAMS biax orientation lines and KEY FILTERS extrusion melt filtration equipment. With a world-class pilot plant facility, Parkinson also offers its customers complete flexibility to conduct plastics sheet/film extrusion and orientation R&D and to produce commercially viable marketing samples. Parkinson's customers include a broad range of companies, from venture-backed startups to Fortune 50 enterprises, all of whom demand innovative solutions to their web processing challenges.
